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Migrate from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.xx to 10.6

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Migrating from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.xx to 10.6 requires different steps based on your datastore types.

You can migrate from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.12D1, 9.13D2, and 9.13P2 releases to ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.6.

If your setup has NFS and VMFS datastores and no vVols datastores, uninstall ONTAP tools 9.xx and deploy ONTAP tools 10.6. If your setup contains vVols datastores, migrate the VASA Provider and SRA.

The following table outlines the migration process in these two different scenarios.

If the setup has vVols datastores If the setup contains only NFS and VMFS datastores

Steps:

1. Migrate the VASA Provider

2. Create VM storage policies

Steps:

1. Remove ONTAP tools 9.xx from your environment. See How to remove OTV 9.xx from your environment in the NetApp Knowledge Base.

2. Deploy and configure ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.6

3. Update the SRA

4. Create VM storage policies
Note After migrating from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.xx to 10.6, vVols datastores using the NVMe/FC protocol become non-operational because ONTAP tools 10.6 supports the NVMe-oF protocol only with VMFS datastores.

After migration

Verify the following:

  • Datastores are accessible from vCenter Server.

  • VM storage policies are mapped as expected.

  • Protection and replication status shows healthy for configured datastores.